A new ER experience

I am sorry I didn't post this yesterday! I meant to but I totally spaced it!

Well, Tuesday night I was getting some water for dinner. I felt my back wet, and I wasn't too concerned. I have had that happen where the hub cracks and medicine seeps out. No biggie! Well, when I got to the table I looked at the connection on my catheter, and there was blood pouring out of it! I freaked, mom freaked! We called Denver, and while waiting for the dr to call back we called 911. I was taken to the hospital, they put a peripheral IV in and hooked my pump to that. Well, someone decided to put the blood pressure cuff on the same arm, and they blew my IV! Damnit! So another one was put in my hand.

The surgeon was not able to get in until the morning, so I was admitted. You see, they were afraid that I had a hole in my catheter somewhere, so I had to be looked at. In the morning the surgeon looked at it. Since the line had flushed fine, he hooked it up to saline for an hour to see if anything happened. Nothing did, so he hooked it back up to my pump and kept me for 2 hours. In the meantime I called the supplier. After talking to my trainer it was decided that it had to be a massive failure. They had never seen anything like it! Not only had the hub failed terribly, but either the tubing was defective or the pump wasn't working. So I was released after the 2 hours, and was told if it happened again that it was a pump problem, and to request a new pump.

So nothing big! But man was it scary to see blood pouring out of that connection piece!!!

Oh yes.. I HAVE to tell you about my little Eme!! When Kristine heard about me being in the hospital, she freaked out. She went into Eme's room and grabbed her monkey (see, Eme sleeps with this monkey all of the time) and told Eme that Aunt Anna needs the monkey for the night and gave her a unicorn instead. Eme takes the monkey from Mommy, gives it a kiss, and takes the unicorn back to her room! How sweet is that?!? She knows, she is a smart cookie and knows what she is told! I gave it back to her when I saw her the next afternoon, and she was so happy!